In fact, I can add unlimited points

8. Arisu Sakayanagi loses to the hawk-watching tactic

In the end, Aragaki Shun and Sakayanagi Arisu each took a step back and chose to cut the time of each stage in half based on the 6-hour chess system.

That is, the first time limit is 1 hour for each side to play the first 40 moves, the second time limit is half an hour for each side to play the 41st to 60th moves, and the number of moves in the third and subsequent time limits is the same as the second time limit, which is the game time for the suspension of the game.

He has now completed twenty moves, so he has one hour of free time to make moves 21 to 40. If at the end of one hour and after 40 moves, neither side has decided the winner, then the second time limit will begin and he will continue to make moves 41 to 60.

After determining the time limit rules, everyone in the chess club, including the freshmen from Class 1A and Class 1B, once again focused their attention on the chess game.

But for some reason, the atmosphere in the activity room suddenly became much more solemn this time. Even though Aragaki Shun did not move the next chess piece for a long time, the people watching held their breath and dared not make any movement.

Aragaki Shun stared at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard. At this moment, the same chessboard layout had been outlined in his mind. He was concentrating on calculating which chess piece to move next and how Sakayanagi Arisu on the opposite side would respond.

After deducing all the next moves that the black pieces can make, it is still not enough, and it is difficult to reverse the adverse trend on the chessboard!

We need to continue to deduce the next two, three, and four steps...

For the first time, Aragaki Shun used his brain with all his might, and his mental strength, which was at the limit of a normal person, was constantly transformed into computing power.

At this moment, relying on the strong control over his body, he could faintly feel the heat burning in his body. As his concentration continued to increase, all the movements in the outside world faded away, and the countless futures on the chessboard became clearer and clearer.

Seven steps... eight steps... nine steps... ten steps...

One minute... Two minutes... Three minutes... Four minutes...

Time passed slowly, until one moment Aragaki Shun's eyes seemed to suddenly light up, and he finally caught the biggest ray of hope from the future.

He picked up the chess piece that could bring him a turning point and made the 21st move.

"Whoo~"

It seemed as if the entire club room breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, except for Sakayanagi Arisu who frowned at the boy's move.

She found it hard to understand what the point of this step was.

He looked at Aragaki Shun, whose expression was still calm, with some doubt, and deduced the next few moves of the game. He found that the girl still had the advantage and only regarded the other party's attitude as a pretense.

"Then let me see if you can still maintain this expression after you've completely lost!"

Sakayanagi sneered inwardly, how could a mere mortal understand the height of a genius?

You are not worthy of trying to delay time and exhaust her energy!

Playing chess is indeed a sport that consumes a lot of calories, but the prerequisite is that the strength gap between the two sides is not to the crushing level.

But judging from the previous 20 moves, Sakayanagi doesn't believe that the opponent has the strength to fight her. She can kill him with just a slight change of thinking. How can there be any physical consumption?

Confident that her victory was certain, the girl moved the chess piece with a route that had already been determined. Compared to the long time that Aragaki Shun took to think, she only thought for less than half a minute before making this move.

Aragaki Shun didn't care at all. At this moment, he had devoted himself to the game of chess. Unless something unexpected happened in the outside world and caused danger to him, he would not care about how others reacted.

The onlookers didn't know whether Sakayanagi Arisu's move was included in Aragaki Shun's calculations, but they could tell from the timing of the chess club president next to them that the boy's 22nd move was much faster than the previous ones, with only a pause of about three minutes in between.

Then, the 23rd move took a little over two minutes to think about, the 24th move took less than two minutes, the 25th move took about ninety seconds, and the 26th move took only 80 seconds...

Aragaki Shun was falling faster and faster, and Sakayanagi on the opposite side gradually realized that something was wrong, and his originally calm mood slowly became solemn.

She didn't know which move went wrong, but she suddenly lost control of the situation that had the upper hand. Now the chessboard was full of twists and turns, and she could no longer play chess in a playful manner as before.

"Very good! Very good! It seems that you are indeed not one of those mediocre people. I misunderstood you before as just a despicable guy with some cleverness. It was my fault for underestimating you."

Arisu Sakayanagi put aside the anger in his heart and began to force himself to calm down, so as to face Aragaki Shun's increasingly fierce attack in the best condition.

She was angry before because the other party's chess skills were obviously not as good as those of several members of the chess club, but he actually wanted to take advantage of her physical defects. He was simply a bastard with nothing but his face.

But now it seems that Aragaki Shun really hasn't played chess for a long time and his hands are not used to it. As long as he is given more time to concentrate on calculations, he will definitely have a chance to reverse the situation from her and win.

This made the girl no longer able to view this opponent with the same mentality as before, that of playing with a toy.

In any case, the time limit rules chosen by the opponent are standard international competition rules. She even specifically cut the time limit in half. In this case, the opponent cannot be said to have taken advantage at all, but achieved this step with real strength.

Anyone of her age who had this much ability was undoubtedly a real rival, so she had to go all out to pursue victory.

Seeing that Aragaki Shun did not respond verbally, Sakayanagi was not surprised. He began to immerse himself completely in the chessboard, comparing the countless chess records and endgames he had memorized in his mind, deducing the dawn of victory.

So the people watching in the activity room were shocked to find that after Aragaki Shun's moves began to return to normal speed, Sakayanagi Arisu's moves slowed down instead.

As the pace of chess quickened and then slowed down, the atmosphere in the activity room became increasingly heavy. Some of the spectators who were not very good at chess felt as if they were suffocating. They wanted to do something but were afraid of disturbing the players on the chessboard and getting beaten to death by others.

Time slowly passed again, but the person who had not made the next move became Arisu Sakayanagi's white chess piece.

About four minutes later, the girl finally took a new tentative step, which was her 31st move.

Aragaki Shun's eyes were calm. He also spent three minutes deducing the new changes in the chess game, and then moved his own chess piece immediately afterwards.

Arisu Sakayanagi was stunned, frowning as he calculated his opponent's intentions, and it took him even longer to choose the route he thought was most suitable.

The two sides exchanged moves, anticipating each other's thoughts. One move determined the situation ten moves later. Therefore, the game was filled with swordplay and sabers even though only a few moves had taken place. A single miscalculation could mean the end of the entire game.

The holding time for each of them was consuming, until the girl moved the white chess piece to make the 37th move. Aragaki was stunned for a moment, but did not move any black chess piece. Instead, he came out of his overly concentrated state and looked up at the girl opposite him whose face was inexplicably flushed.

"Forget it, I'm not playing anymore. Let's call this a draw. I was a bit too impulsive before."

The young man's words restarted the time that seemed to have stopped. The many students and teachers watching around the chess game seemed to have just woken up from a dream. They began to move their hands and feet, discussing why Aragaki Shun suddenly chose a draw.

No! Why are there so many people suddenly?

Aragaki Shun came to his senses and felt that there were crowds of people everywhere around him. He looked around and found that the members of the shogi club next door, whom he had challenged before, were also attracted here. In addition, there were a few middle-aged people he had never seen before, and he didn't know when they came.

It seems that this game of chess has been going on for a while, which has attracted a lot of people to come and watch the fun.

Aragaki Shun took out his cell phone and found that almost eighty minutes had passed since the time limit was increased.

After such a long game, plus the previous challenges to the table tennis club, judo club, and shogi club also took quite a while, it would be a perfect time to go straight to dinner now.

Thinking of this, Aragaki Shun couldn't help feeling hungry. His previous concentration had consumed too much energy, so he decided to replenish it quickly.

But he wanted to end it like this, but someone didn't want to.

"Stop!"

Sakayanagi Arisu clenched his fists, his face flushed even redder, and he stared intently at Aragaki Shun who was about to turn and leave, "Now it's your turn!"

Aragaki Shun glanced at the other party's embarrassed expression and knew that her opponent had already realized: the move she had just made was a low-level mistake that only an amateur would make.

Of course, this kind of game is all about who makes the mistake first, so Aragaki Shun wouldn't feel embarrassed to give her a heavy blow.

But just by looking at the other person's expression, he realized that Arisu Sakayanagi was clearly just holding on. What if she continued and fell directly on the chessboard?

By the way, this person is so weak, where on earth does she get the courage to play chess with others?

You have to know that chess competitions seem to require only sitting still and moving the hands, but in formal professional competitions, these things are all high-intensity mental exercises, and the physical energy consumption after a game is comparable to that of athletes in other sports.

In large-scale international tournaments, it is normal for every professional player to lose an average of 1 kilogram of weight after a game. There was even a case where a champion lost 10 kilograms in five months and almost died on the field.

"Do you think it's necessary to continue now?"

Aragaki Shun sensed the girl's stubborn gaze and asked helplessly.

He actually wanted to defeat his opponent by relying on his strength, and he was confident that he would be the final winner of the game, but he didn't expect that his opponent could no longer keep up after only half of the game.

Obviously, Arisu Sakayanagi made that wrong move because he was exhausted and his mind was starting to get fuzzy.

How should I put this? Could it be that Arisu Sakayanagi was actually defeated by the hawk-watching tactic?

So forget it. It would be too embarrassing to lose this game, and there is no point in winning. A draw is better for everyone.

"The game isn't over yet!"

The girl persisted so stubbornly.

God gave her a flawless appearance and a genius mind, but because there is no perfection in the world, he took away her health.

This is how she had comforted herself in the past.

If she were to lose to her peers here in such a shameful way, her long-standing persistence would collapse like a joke, forcing her to face the cruel and cold reality.

She was never a genius!

9. It turns out that Arisu Sakayanagi is a relative

What does a true genius look like?

When her flaws outweighed her strengths, Arisu Sakayanagi still didn't think she lost to Shun Aragaki in intelligence, but sadly, her body couldn't even support her to complete this competition.

There is no point in being stubborn. Even though she is confident that her wisdom is not inferior to anyone, she can hardly compete with others on the chessboard that she has been playing for more than ten years. Where can she demonstrate this so-called "genius wisdom"?

The girl couldn't help but hate her frail body that suffered from congenital heart disease once again!

"never mind."

Aragaki Shun frowned and looked at Sakayanagi's persistent eyes as she stopped him and didn't let him leave.

He couldn't understand why such a seemingly fragile girl would do this without caring about her own health?

But everyone's ideas are often shaped by their unique life experiences. It is normal for outsiders not to understand them because they have not experienced their hardships.

All Aragaki Shun could do was to end the situation quickly and avoid making a big fuss and sending this guy to the hospital, which would be terrifying.

So he picked up a black piece on the chessboard, seized the mistake Sakayanagi had made earlier, and moved it to the key position that would determine the outcome.

After this move, even the chess club members whose chess skills were not as good as theirs could see that many of White's pieces were in danger at the same time. In the next few moves, Arisu Sakayanagi could only ensure that he would not be killed by checkmate by constantly giving up important pieces.

In this situation, even if the girl persisted, the best result would be to prolong the game and struggle towards a draw.

But relying on her confused mind to pursue a draw?

You really want to go straight to the hospital, right?

"How's that? This match ends here. When you accumulate enough points next time, you're always welcome to challenge me again!"

As Shun Aragaki said this, he glanced at the crowd of onlookers. There were several middle-aged men who looked obviously a little strange, and they were staring at Arisu Sakayanagi, hesitating whether to go forward.

This temperament is not suitable for a school teacher, and the expression of concern for Sakayanagi Arisu's physical condition, could he be a professional medical staff hired by her family?

When he first saw the crutch, Aragaki Shun thought she just had difficulty walking, but now it seems that her weak posture might mean she has a heart problem.

So is it that her family is sick, causing her to run around the school with this body, or is it that the school is sick, allowing it to admit anyone?

As soon as this doubt arose, he remembered that the chairman of the board of directors of this school was also named Sakayanagi, and there was a high-level training program that was said to provide three years of closed education. Why would there be a medical staff who was specifically responsible for taking care of a certain student?

The case is solved, it turns out the school is her home!

Tsk, why does this troublesome relative have to be in the same class as him?

After a few seconds of distress, Aragaki Shun looked directly at the teacher who witnessed the signing of the contract for this match.

——Why don’t you come forward and announce the results? Do you really want to watch your chairman’s relatives fall?

"This competition ends here. The winner is Shun Aragaki from Class 1B. According to the contract, Arisu Sakayanagi from Class 1A must pay him 500,000 points."

Fortunately, the chess club's instructor did not let us down.

I don't know if the chairman had already given some instructions to the school's faculty and staff, or if he was just worried about the trouble that would be caused if a student really fell down, but after receiving a look from Aragaki Shun, he didn't hesitate and went straight forward to announce the result.

Aragaki Shun breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

Surprisingly, Arisu Sakayanagi, who was thought to continue making trouble, just stared blankly at the situation on the chessboard after hearing the result, without any other impatient behavior.

Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise he would have wondered whether the other party was really going to use his weak body to scam him.

"...Aragaki-san, are you really just a chess hobbyist who plays chess occasionally?"

Arisu Sakayanagi looked up and suddenly asked this question to Shun Aragaki.

However, the next moment, recalling the previous chess game, Aragaki Shun's skills went from being able to solve problems easily to becoming increasingly unfathomable.

Sakayanagi had to bitterly admit in his heart that there were indeed geniuses in this world who could surpass the average person's ten years of hard work just by cramming at the last minute.

Yes, ordinary people!

This was the first time that Arisu Sakayanagi called himself so weakly.

It's not like she hasn't lost at the chessboard before.

But those people were either older professional players, and she could comfort herself that she was still inexperienced; or they were students with special talents who made a living by playing chess, and she could explain that chess was just one of her daily hobbies.

But now she met a peer who obviously did not put much effort into chess, but could catch up with her peers who had persisted for ten years in just a few hours if he just focused.

Oh, she was so smug about being a genius, surrounded by praise from her family since she was a child. It turns out that she was only this ridiculous...

Seeing the girl depressed like a fish caught in a fishing net, Aragaki Shun felt inexplicably embarrassed. He always felt that he was bullying the little girl and shattering her childhood fantasy.

"Sakayanagi-san, it's getting late. Why don't you transfer your lost points to me first and then go back to the dorm and just stare blankly?"

Let it be revealed. Sooner or later, children will have to face the reality that Santa Claus does not exist.